By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing ...

Brother Sewing Machine Stitch Selector Mechanism; 1954-56. Removed from a PaceSetter Sewing Machine to show the Brother Brain and the Wishing Dial. The work of inventor Solomon Adler. overall: 3 in x ...

With sewing machines that provide quilter-friendly features, innovative sewists can produce stunning quilts that serve both utilitarian and artistic purposes. By Carol Benton Updated Aug 15, 2023 4:50 ...

IN Cornhill, Boston, thirty years ago, there was a shop for the manufacture and repair of nautical instruments and philosophical apparatus, kept by Ari Davis. Mr. Davis was a very ingenious mechanic, ...

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The sewing machine is a tool that many of us will have somewhere around our workshop. Concealed within it lies an intricate and fascinating mechanism. Some of us may have peered inside, but very few ...

The fatty membrane surrounding every living cell is a vibrant environment where countless biological processes take place. This membrane protects the cell from its surroundings and divides it into ...

The Singer sewing machine was so revolutionary that even Mahatma Gandhi, who eschewed all other machines, made an exception for it. After learning to sew on a Singer in a British jail, Gandhi called ...

ANTIQUES ROADSHOW expert Jon Baddley was taken by surprise when a guest interrupted him during a valuation of an extremely rare sewing machine. BBC viewers have been treated to several rare item ...

Such a bleak title for a sunny spring day! Don’t worry – it’s not what you think. We have covered enough serious history in the last few weeks. Right now, it’s time for something more – well – weird.

Like all Hackaday readers, we pride ourselves on having at least a passing acquaintance with how most things work. But we suspect to a lot of people, things we take for granted — computers, air ...